Reply With QuoteCool airgun, I only like the finest quality engraving, that is appropriate to the gun in question. You can tell that has been worked on by a master craftsman. Have you talked to Peter Spode.
A rainy horrible grey day, what better way to pass the time than admire some real craftsmanship....If anyone out there knows owt' about this example, I would be very grateful as I have been told it may have been a factory presentation gun. It is signed P.J.Spode, who I presume is Peter Spode of Westley Richards
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Cool airgun, I only like the finest quality engraving, that is appropriate to the gun in question. You can tell that has been worked on by a master craftsman. Have you talked to Peter Spode.
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Thats simply amazingly, beautiful, awesome etc etc. God Almighty Eddie I'd happily give a kidney to own thatOriginally Posted by edbear2
A rainy horrible grey day, what better way to pass the time than admire some real craftsmanship....If anyone out there knows owt' about this example, I would be very grateful as I have been told it may have been a factory presentation gun. It is signed P.J.Spode, who I presume is Peter Spode of Westley Richards. Couldn't think of a better home for it either than Chez Edbear
. Thats got to be one of the nicest pieces of shooting kit I've ever seen
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I can't say I'm a huge fan of fancy engraving as a rule but that is stunningly beautiful piece of work, Ed.
Love the chequered loading tap lever!
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WOW!!!
Sheer beauty, it looks like it was done yesterday
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Normally I don't like anything without a scope mountbut wow
That IS a thing of beauty
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Bleedin heathern mega wooly, you should've said bahhhhhh humbugNormally I don't like anything without a scope mount
That IS a thing of beauty
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Hi Eddie thats some engraving some of the best you will see, glad you got that one. did you have many bidding against you for it. did you get the thunderbolt jr as wellA rainy horrible grey day, what better way to pass the time than admire some real craftsmanship....If anyone out there knows owt' about this example, I would be very grateful as I have been told it may have been a factory presentation gun. It is signed P.J.Spode, who I presume is Peter Spode of Westley Richards
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He was a disappointment to me last Sunday, too.Bleedin heathern mega wooly, you should've said bahhhhhh humbug
There was no evidence of the legendary tightness. A Yorkshireman is always prepared to learn when it comes to acquiring new techniques of ' carefulness ', even from a Scouse. When I arrived he'd already bought 2 BSAs. And I distinctly saw him breathe out several times - something I'd been assured he never did.
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. The vintage BSA's were mine dissappionted from Donny
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Blimey Eddie is that yours? Stunning work, the chequering on the stock is lovely too!
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Beautiful item. Maybe it's worth contacting Westley Richards to see if they have a record of it.
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Hi Eddie,
I'm no expert on Westley Richards and have no knowledge of Peter Spode but if he is one of their current engravers, he/WR should be able to supply you with sufficient provenance for this rifle, which can then stay with it. If he is a past engraver, again, WR may well be able to help you. Alternatively, if the rifle was commissioned by BSA for a retiring employee, they too may be able to help. The blacking on the rifle suggests a recent finish but a couple of screwheads look like they have been removed at some point, so the engraving may have been done some time ago. I have guns which have been engraved by Don Blocksidge and am too scared to use them, although all have been carefully tested and work very well.
A nice find my friend.
John
Hi John...I have just been attending to the trigger guard screws (carefully with a punch and repousse hammer) and they look much better now
Apart from that it is in good shooting order, and does 525 fps. It came in a toughened glass, mirror backed,wood based display cabinet, which weighs in at about 30 lbs on it's own!
No harm in gentle use, I have shot 20-30 shots through it already, had the sights off (they were loose) and have re-fixed the front one with a spot of bearing fit...when this is set I will zero and fix the rear one. (it has gold inlay both on the wheel, and on the blade itself).
Also the cocking lever pivot screw and a couple of others were loose, so have been attended to...a nerve racking job, as the slightest slip....
I can't imagine how gunsmiths get used to working on really expensive best shotguns and rifles with engraved screws, no matter how many years practise you have, and using turnscrews, there is still the odd slip
Regards,
Ed
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